Just putting the below information on my thread to keep recored of my testing and findings. I posted the below information in another thread for reefmutt,
Hey what’s going on reefmutt ?
Sure now please be careful with this method and remember less is more in this case. At first when I did it i was to aggressive and found out the hard way that too much will lighten up your sps very quickly. if you watch the below video I mention 1000mls of tank water to 300mls of peroxide for 8 minutes. That is insanely too long and I now can say that the dilution ratio should be in the 200mls to 250mls in 1000mls for 3 minutes max.
I learned this late Sunday night when dipping again just to make sure and found this to be a very affective dip not only for AEFW but anything including Asternia starfish and algae <<<< The plugs are 100%algae free and you can see that clean looking pink purple coralline algae.
I did not see a single AEFW or eggs on any of the pieces i dipped. The one in the video below is doing very well has a little PE and still has color. AEFW free as of Sunday night
I do have another large colony that I dipped to aggressively, Meaning 8 minutes in 300mls in 1000mls of tank water way too long and too strong of a dip for this sps. So the below would be my recommendation and again less is more.
If you start to see your Acropora foaming you have dipped to long ( like when you were a kid and used it on a scab that kind of foaming) I hope she makes it as it has tripled in size since I acquired it, but I just could not go without dipping it.
In closing: 150 mls/200mls to 250mls MAX in 1000mls of tank water for up to 1 to 3 minutes MAX is more than enough time. Then place Acropora in another container with tank water for 15 minutes to calm down. Then back into a fresh batch of peroxide dip for 1 to 3 minutes just to be safe. Then back into tank water to calm down again.
At this point you can place into quarantine tank or back into main display. I would also like to mention that I did notice that the eggs changed color from deep orange to a cloudy orange look. So may also be good for the killing of the eggs but remember I did go strong in the beginning and more aquarist like myself and others may need to test to method thoroughly until we can come up with an almost perfect dip and possibly an in tank treatment.
In tank treatment: from what I noticed when I dipped the acropora in the solution I made they went crazy to get off the coral as if they were in fire. So just as a thought and I may explore this not only for AEFW but a few areas where I have algea. I was thinking about getting t Two Little Fishies Julian's Thing Coral & Fish Target Feeder filling it up and target spraying the areas where the algea is and spraying some of the sps to see if any AEFW fall off. Well this is another theory and will need some in depth testing before I can say if it is affective or not.
I do think that I am very close to the perfect dip but would really like to hear from others. I really think this could be the nail in AEFW coffin for a long awaited problem.
Michael
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghYYOb_BvMc
